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Published by George Virtue, London, 1842
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. London: George Virtue, [n.d. but 1842]. "Enlarged and Improved Edition." Quarto; publisher's half tan cloth crudely rebacked with new gilt lettering to upper cover, new endpapers; 122pp. & 121 leaves of steel-engraved plates (collated and complete though bound out of order); engraved frontispiece and added title page. Cloth rubbed, leather corners quite dried with rather substantial exposure, rear cover heavily soiled, shallow chips to margins of early leaves never approaching text, textblock uniformly toned, plates unevenly foxed. Overall a Good, complete example. Date of publication provided by OCLC.
Published by London and New York, George Virtue (1792) 1850, 1850
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
xii, 122pp, 8pp, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 121 engraved plates, 28x24, half calf on boards, five raised bands, glt text. Leather significantly rubbed, some edge rubbing, small area of loss on bottom of spine, edges a little grubby, very good thus. Nicholson's brilliance as both a carpenter and practical mathematician helped to make his Guide one of the most importance guide books for the 18th and 19th century craftsman.
Published by George Virtue London and New York no date ?, 1850
Seller: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom
4to, 275 x 208 mms., pp. [ii], xii, 240, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 121 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rubbed), new morocco label; plates foxed, front joint amateurishly repaired and still a bit tender, but a respectable copy. The text is preceded by a "Memoir" of the Scottish engineer, Peter Nicholson (1765 - 1844), whose skills led him to publish The Carpenter's New Guide (1792), for which he engraved his own plates. Later, he published a number of books on building and the practical deployment of architectural principles. Treve Rosoman in his ODNB entry notes, "Nicholson's great gift as a mathematician was his ability to simplify and generalize traditional methods as well as inventing new ones. The rules that he formulated for finding sections of prisms, cylinders, or cylindroids enabled joiners to construct the great sweeping, curved staircases that were so fashionable in the early nineteenth century with much greater ease, speed, and economy of timber. Nicholson was the first author to write about the practical creation of joints, and the hinging and hanging of doors and shutters. He was also the first to note that Grecian mouldings were conic in section and that the volutes of Ionic capitals should be composed of logarithmic spirals. The complexity of the geometry involved in setting out fine woodwork meant that Nicholson was writing for an informed audience rather than the novice, as he sometimes thought. It was, perhaps, for this reason that he wrote so many books on mathematics really to help the enthusiastic tradesman. Nicholson's books were also sold in America but despite, or perhaps because of, his use of Greek revival ornament, then so popular there, he became the subject of much plagiarism. As a result, he is perhaps not as well known in America as he should be.".
Published by George Virtue [1850], London, 1850
Brown hardback leather cover. Reprint. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). xii, 108pp + plates. 120 b/w plates. An enlarged and improved edition. Includes rails, doors, shutters, domes, roofs, niches etc. Incudes biography of Nicholson. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Front hinge cracked. Some foxing. Contents firm.
Published by Published by George Virtue [1850], London, 1850
, xii, 2, 121 pages, 121 plates includling 119 black and white plates and plans, portrait frontispiece and illustrated title page, index in rear, plans for making everything from skirting boards to domes Enlarged and improved edition , rubbing to edge of spine, joints and corners, fading and a few marks to cloth, foxing in places including some plates, binding firm, book is in good condition , half calf, dark grey cloth, raised bands on spine with gilt decor, red leather title label with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers , small folio, 29x23 cm Hardback ISBN: